Unexpected benefits of winning it all

[DaFace]

I'm not sure I ever fully appreciated that one benefit of making it to (and winning) the Super Bowl is the incredible volume of coverage that we now have of our team. I've always been the type to watch just about every press conference and read every article I can, and the number of both has been so high that I've long ago given up on keeping up.

Add to that the various NFL Films videos, all the talking heads dissecting the game, marathons of Mahomes' best games...it's crazy how easy it is to keep the excitement going even two weeks later.

What other unexpected benefits have we seen?

[DRU]

One of the benefits of waiting so long as well. Today's technology gives us more than we could ever have asked for! All these mic'd up and similar type videos are just awesome.

I mean, I guess we could have won before and now...but it makes it pretty special to have it mean this much because we waited this long, and now we have a boat load of high quality content to cherish it with.

Another thing I've noticed with the little bit of garbage time I YouTube I spend watching Madden players...they're mostly playing with Chiefs or at least with Mahomes. That NEVER used to the be the case.

Used to very rare to see the Chiefs logo. Now it's all over the place. Hunt is absolutely murdering his bank account. heh

[Kman34]

It’s free Viagra...

[jerryaldini]

For us out of towners. Women. Heretofore unattainable women.

[DaFace]

Used to very rare to see the Chiefs logo. Now it's all over the place. Hunt is absolutely murdering his bank account. heh

I kind of wish NFL teams had open books. It'd be fascinating to know roughly how much winning a Super Bowl does for a team's bottom line. It's got to be massive.

[InChiefsHeaven]

The sheer bliss after this season and the SB win is an unexpected benefit. I'm just smiling all the time!

[Kman34]

I kind of wish NFL teams had open books. It'd be fascinating to know roughly how much winning a Super Bowl does for a team's bottom line. It's got to be massive.

That’s what she said...

[EPodolak]

Pedestrian answer maybe, but it's a gift that keeps on giving and still feels as cool as the day it happened.

[Rasputin]

Swag


I swag at work my swagger has swag



Can't touch this swag


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[Rasputin]

The fact that we have Patrick Fucking Mahomes II and no other team can say that. hmmm well ?

[CaliforniaChief]

Fans of other teams literally have nothing to say. Nothing.

It's great to be king.

[Rain Man]

A correlated benefit is that I'm not hearing news about tiresome other teams that I'm sick of. So the increase in Chiefs coverage has a double benefit of replacing sickening coverage with delightful coverage.

[notorious]

This is just the beginning.

[Graystoke]

Benefit:
I will never tire of this.

[Hammock Parties]

we are going to have to beat off bandwagon fans with a stick

[seclark]

I’ve said this before but I quit trying to run over the neighbors cat
Fucker still runs like hell when it sees me coming
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[Easy 6]

I can’t think of any new ones, but the intense media coverage is definitely welcome... it’s nice to not be the afterthought for once

We all bitched about it for years, now our long nightmare is over

[KCTitus]

I might finally be able to get the whole 'Carl drafted Blackledge' legend off the ground...

[BlackOp]

Not hearing about the Patriots...

[ModSocks]

Since winning the SB:

My dick got bigger.

My beard has grown fuller.

My turds have been perfect, light brown cylinders with a cute little pinch off at the end.

My bench press has improved.

My 40 yard dash is now just a hair under 4.22, which is a .04 improvement.

My wife's ass and tits got bigger.

My car got faster

And somehow my bank account grew.

[seclark]

Since winning the SB:

My dick got bigger.

My beard has grown fuller.

My turds have been perfect, light brown cylinders with a cute little pinch off at the end.

My bench press has improved.

My 40 yard dash is now just a hair under 4.22, which is a .04 improvement.

My wife's ass and tits got bigger.

My car got faster

And somehow my bank account grew.

So, things have been pretty good?
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[ptlyon]

I've got chicks sucking my dick and I don't even have to ask them to.

At least I assume they're chicks
:huh:

[Rain Man]

So, things have been pretty good?
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And the neighbor has stopped trying to run over him with his car.

[Otter]

My wife's ass and tits got bigger.

Wife's ass getting bigger is a debatable blessing.

[stumppy]

Not only is there a lot more media coverage, it's a lot more positive.

For years it seemed like anytime there was any video of the Chiefs online or TV it was almost always showing how another team made a good play. The Chiefs were the team that got scored on, or had thrown an interception, or any number of ways that would emphasize how good the OTHER team was.

Not now! We're the champs and everybody has jumped on the train.

[Imon Yourside]

I get random people coming up getting on their knees saying Hail to the king baby, it's weird but acceptable.

[Spott]

we are going to have to beat off bandwagon fans with a stick

We are not going to be beating off anybody.

[Spott]

It’s like I’ve completely forgotten about any of our rivals.

[Easy 6]

It’s like I’ve completely forgotten about any of our rivals.

The Denver who?

The Oakland what?

[Frazod]

The Denver who?

The Oakland what?

Broncos, I think. That crappy team with a Chiefs fan as QB.

[RINGLEADER]

we are going to have to beat off bandwagon fans with a stick

I’ve always worn my Chiefs gear out here in L.A. and never heard a peep about it — now everyone gushes about Mahomes and the Chiefs and the Super Bowl everywhere I go. The bandwagon has been overrun.

[Imon Yourside]

Broncos, I think. That crappy team with a Chiefs fan as QB.

What a strange world haha, seems like yesterday they had paid a ton behind center now they have a bad team for the foreseeable future.

[Wallcrawler]

We basically are playing with house money for the offseason.

The focus now is on paying our own, and not hoping that the front office goes out and makes a splash in free agency that might get us over the hump.


We can sit back, play the field, and just make the most sound decisions for the team without needing a big splurge to try to get the fans excited, and finally win a title.

This will be the first offseason in now 28 years where i will just enjoy watching the process, and just seeing who we bring in without having a meltdown.

Next seasons slate of games, im just going to enjoy the show. We did it. I saw them win it all. Like Pat said. Ill talk about it forever.

We are gonna lose some pieces, and have some challenges, but right now, we are playimg with house money.

I think we see a savage Reid and Mahomes next year that are playing without any pressure, we could really be in for a fireworks show next year.

[ClarkGriswold]

It’s free Viagra...

True story there Bro!!!!!

[displacedinMN]

we are going to have to beat off bandwagon fans with a stick

I say there is room on the bandwagon, but they have no right to cheer as loud because we have had misery to back us up.

[Iowanian]

I agree with all of that.

Furthermore, I believe that the combination of a Super Bowl win, Patrick Mahomes Andy the additional coverage and thereby marketability of players in KC, will make it an attractive FA destination.

[ThaVirus]

I'm not quite sure how to articulate it, but I guess the overall closure of the achievement.

In every Chiefs season of the past in my lifetime, we'd end the season and I'd always look back on it with some sort of sadness. We didn't win the chip so it wasn't the outcome we were ultimately hoping for.

But now, any time I think of the Chiefs I immediately think about how we're Super Bowl champs. It's a great feeling of.. relief? I don't know. Tough to explain. Like we reached the top finally and no one can take that from us.

[Mahomes_Is_God]

It's gonna be nice to not have to listen to opposing fans say shit like "Chiefs are choke artists" or "gonna be one and done" when playoff time comes around. They will now respect and fear us.

[Stryker]

I say there is room on the bandwagon, but they have no right to cheer as loud because we have had misery to back us up.

Absolutely this! If YOU have NEVER felt OUR PAIN, YOU will NEVER be ONE of US! WE FANS have EARNED THIS!!! Hop on board but you are WAAAAAY too late!

[Rain Man]

The Denver who?

The Oakland what?

I don't think Oakland even has a team.

[big nasty kcnut]

Bandwagon fans don't know the horror of herm edward as our coach. Losing joe Delaney and DT. having matt Cassel as a qb. They can be fans but they don't get to enjoy it like us!

[KurtCobain]

I love not having to hear fans of other teams asking me how long it's been since the Chiefs have won a Superbowl.

[ptlyon]

Bandwagon fans don't know the horror of herm edward as our coach. Losing joe Delaney and DT. having matt Cassel as a qb. They can be fans but they don't get to enjoy it like us!

Belcher

[Prison Bitch]

we are going to have to beat off


Ehhh.....not sure about this one

[Pablo]

We basically are playing with house money for the offseason.

The focus now is on paying our own, and not hoping that the front office goes out and makes a splash in free agency that might get us over the hump.


We can sit back, play the field, and just make the most sound decisions for the team without needing a big splurge to try to get the fans excited, and finally win a title.

This will be the first offseason in now 28 years where i will just enjoy watching the process, and just seeing who we bring in without having a meltdown.

Next seasons slate of games, im just going to enjoy the show. We did it. I saw them win it all. Like Pat said. Ill talk about it forever.

We are gonna lose some pieces, and have some challenges, but right now, we are playimg with house money.

I think we see a savage Reid and Mahomes next year that are playing without any pressure, we could really be in for a fireworks show next year.

Six 40 points game, you heard it here first.

[Shiver Me Timbers]

I love not having to hear fans of other teams asking me how long it's been since the Chiefs have won a Superbowl.

The SB s*"t talking has died off out here with my Donko friends and customers.
Hell, a few of them even tell me "I'm happy for your Chiefs Nation".

[patteeu]

It doesn't take as long to get to the combine and the start of draft season.

[Pablo]

I'm watching the Superbowl replay on NFLN. It's their #1 Game Of The Year. Pat just threw his second pick. There's 10 minutes left in the 4th and they're driving. Getting pretty worried.

[patteeu]

I'm watching the Superbowl replay on NFLN. It's their #1 Game Of The Year. Pat just threw his second pick. There's 10 minutes left in the 4th and they're driving. Getting pretty worried.

Keep the faith.

[Titty Meat]

How fast the off season goes. It used to seem like waiting for Free Agency seemed to take a year and it's what? Only a month away.

Also how I no longer care if other teams/people I hate in other sports win.

[Shiver Me Timbers]

I'm watching the Superbowl replay on NFLN. It's their #1 Game Of The Year. Pat just threw his second pick. There's 10 minutes left in the 4th and they're driving. Getting pretty worried.

I watched it again Wednesday night.
I woke up the next am having the was it a dream moment AGAIN.
Wife looks at me and asks if there is something wrong.
I was 7 years old for number 4. 57 for 54.
I told her " I need a moment but all is GOOD"

[SPchief]

I'm watching the Superbowl replay on NFLN. It's their #1 Game Of The Year. Pat just threw his second pick. There's 10 minutes left in the 4th and they're driving. Getting pretty worried.

Hell of a route by Watkins there

[Warrick]

49er reaction videos on youtube... I've never laughed so hard in my life!

[Shiver Me Timbers]

49er reaction videos on youtube... I've never laughed so hard in my life!

It is priceless

[Pablo]

Hell of a route by Watkins there

Thing of beauty. Holy shit we just might do this.

[big nasty kcnut]

We won! We won and this is beautiful.

[KCFalcon59]

It just doesn't get old at all. I watched the game again tonight on NFL Network. Still get the chills. Love this team!!!!

[Stryker]

It just doesn't get old at all. I watched the game again tonight on NFL Network. Still get the chills. Love this team!!!!

DITTO! Man it truly is incredible! :thumb:

[KChiefs1]

The constant congratulations from complete strangers. I highly recommend going to Vegas in Chiefs gear. The women are all over you.

[Rasputin]

Ya but now we are going pick 32nd in the draft. I mean that's gotta suck right?

[Halfcan]

Ya but now we are going pick 32nd in the draft. I mean that's gotta suck right?

Better get used to it. ;)

[seclark]

I’ve tasted the glory
I’ll take some shit for a couple years if it happens
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[ChiefaRoo]

My step mom got flipped off by a Niners fan in Hawaii right after the game when she was wearing her gear. I enjoyed hearing that story. lol

[rtmike]

I'm not sure I ever fully appreciated that one benefit of making it to (and winning) the Super Bowl is the incredible volume of coverage that we now have of our team. I've always been the type to watch just about every press conference and read every article I can, and the number of both has been so high that I've long ago given up on keeping up.

Add to that the various NFL Films videos, all the talking heads dissecting the game, marathons of Mahomes' best games...it's crazy how easy it is to keep the excitement going even two weeks later.

What other unexpected benefits have we seen?


Stud free agents taking less money to play to play for KC.

[LiveSteam]

We are not going to be beating off anybody.

LMAO

[Chief Pagan]

Ya but now we are going pick 32nd in the draft. I mean that's gotta suck right?

Dammit Patrick!

[HemiEd]

Swag


I swag at work my swagger has swag



Can't touch this swag


<img src="https://media.giphy.com/media/xydGi3nSTlkqs/giphy.gif" alt="Image result for walking with swagger gif"/>

Yeah, it is like walking into the dollar store with two twenties in your pocket.

[KChiefs1]

Butthurt fans of other teams.


https://youtu.be/q8KBD2IK_CM

[displacedinMN]

Last night-a lot of people congratulating me AT US BANK STADIUM.

It was funny when a Services rep said "You know we have a dress code here"
I just smiled and said Super Bowl Champs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[displacedinMN]

Saw a guy wearing a KC Chiefs hat. Near my house.

It looked new. REALLY NEW.

I would guess it would be a niners hat if they won.

[Rausch]

It's nice to automatically win every football argument at work.

"Yeah, well, the only thing we're choke'n on now is parade beer..."

[Bewbies]

The realization that all the fucking losing and heartbreak made this one even better.

I genuinely hope every NFL fan gets to experience this in their life.

[BigRedChief]

The constant congratulations from complete strangers. I highly recommend going to Vegas in Chiefs gear. The women are all over you.
Wore my new Chiefs Super Bowl championship gear out to a big street festival today. Bet I had at least 50 people tell me Congrats, happy for you guys. That Mahomes is amazing, wish Mahones was on my team and so on and so on. Lots of good will towards our team out there.

It’s definitely different now down here being a Chiefs fan.

[redfan]

Watching TV and having a Chiefs SB swag commercial come on; I just smile.

[Frazod]

Still getting very little love in the Chicago area. The Didn't Draft Mahomes butthurt is real.

I did see a couple of people wearing 49ers stuff last week. They didn't make eye contact with me. :D

[rtmike]

After every ugly loss during Germs years, I always wore my gear the next day.
To me it was always, “ yeah, my team sucks, but there’s next year.”
Said with hope of a new manger/gm, etc.

After that 1st preseason game with Herm as HC and Solari the new OC. Solari came out firing, that’s how Vermeil and CP built the offense.
Then in the presser, Germ says “that shits gonna stop. We’re a running team now.”
And promptly run the piss outta LJ, lol.
The losses just started piling up.
Ahhh, the old days.

[Chiefshrink]

I can’t think of any new ones, but the intense media coverage is definitely welcome... it’s nice to not be the afterthought for once

We all bitched about it for years, now our long nightmare is over

We are still a small market BUT this time what fights that small market effect is the fact we have a HUGE DRAW of ratings with PM2 because the whole NFL fanbase loves to watch this guy.;)

[Beef Supreme]

The best part about winning the Superbowl is all those shit talking fans from other teams have ghosted this place.

[KChiefs1]

Wore my new Chiefs Super Bowl championship gear out to a big street festival today. Bet I had at least 50 people tell me Congrats, happy for you guys. That Mahomes is amazing, wish Mahones was on my team and so on and so on. Lots of good will towards our team out there.

It’s definitely different now down here being a Chiefs fan.



Walked around the Vegas strip & made sure I always said something to everyone who was wearing Chiefs gear. It was a unifying feeling.

How about those Chiefs!!!!!

[Buehler445]

The best part about winning the Superbowl is all those shit talking fans from other teams have ghosted this place.

Massive truth in this statement.

[Buehler445]

After every ugly loss during Germs years, I always wore my gear the next day.
To me it was always, “ yeah, my team sucks, but there’s next year.”
Said with hope of a new manger/gm, etc.

After that 1st preseason game with Herm as HC and Solari the new OC. Solari came out firing, that’s how Vermeil and CP built the offense.
Then in the presser, Germ says “that shits gonna stop. We’re a running team now.”
And promptly run the piss outta LJ, lol.
The losses just started piling up.
Ahhh, the old days.

God FUCK Squirmin Herman Motherfucking Sack of Cunt Edwards. Fuck that fucking guy.

[Azide22]

Ya but now we are going pick 32nd in the draft. I mean that's gotta suck right?

Well picking 31st is what REALLY sucks! Only one pick better, and you and your fans feel like the world caved in on you.

[REDHOTGTO]

Respect. Well from everyone except skip

[OrtonsPiercedTaint]

Off season "name" chasing, should end

[Chief Pagan]

The best part about winning the Superbowl is all those shit talking fans from other teams have ghosted this place.

Nothing shuts up your critics like success.

[Mosbonian]

The fact that you can correct people and say..."that's the Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs " to you

[KCFalcon59]

God FUCK Squirmin Herman Motherfucking Sack of Cunt Edwards. Fuck that fucking guy.

Exactly. He's the reason I gave up my season tickets after 20 years. Fuck that guy!!

[arrowheadnation]

I have noticed the number of triggered/concerned/anxious/scared losers has now expanded past Patriots fans to a much larger group of a-holes. Tell me if you've heard any of these in the past few weeks...

"The NFL made sure their golden boy won his first super bowl."

"Every single important call went the Chiefs way..."

"The NFL instructed the refs before hand to do everything they could to make sure the Chiefs won..."

"Not a single holding call...."

"Bosa was being held..."

Non-football related shots at Tyreek

Non-football related shots at Mahomes' girl and brother

Patriots fans reminding anyone who will listen about Brady and Belicheat

Ravens fans chiming in when someone proclaims Mahomes as the face/future...."but, but, but...most rushing yards. MVP. Best record this season."

[duncan_idaho]

It's gonna be nice to not have to listen to opposing fans say shit like "Chiefs are choke artists" or "gonna be one and done" when playoff time comes around. They will now respect and fear us.


This right here.

I’ve got a buddy who is one of those STL first motherfuckers (314!). He has been trying to talk shit about Mahomes since about Game 3 of the 2018 season. He’s in Columbia and can’t handle being surrounded by confident fans of a team he doesn’t follow, go figure).

He kept trying to find ways to pump the brakes. Nothing left for him now.

Mahomes needs to show more? He’s literally done things never done before and has a ring to show for it (as well as MVP and SB MVP).

Andy Reid will choke? Nope.

Chiefs will lose 1st playoff game? Hahaha.

Chiefs suck in the playoffs. Literally now 4-1 in the playoffs with Mahomes, with the lone loss coming in OT against the eventual SB champs and Mahomes never getting a chance to touch the ball.

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Watched the hour-long mic'd up again yesterday. The part with Dirty Dan and his little daughter in the confetti gets me every time. Tears of joy.

[BigRedChief]

Nothing shuts up your critics like success.I remember the talk on TV/podcasts that Mahomes couldn't win the "big" games because he lost at NE/Rams/in the AFCCG. Some are just "hot takes" BS but some really believe that crap.

You still hear them say..... welll in the SB he wasn't very good in the first 3 quarters.....he sucked for a good portion of all the playoff games. 3 straight games of comebacks to win it all because of him and still doesn't get universal respect.

[Halfcan]

Still getting very little love in the Chicago area. The Didn't Draft Mahomes butthurt is real.

I did see a couple of people wearing 49ers stuff last week. They didn't make eye contact with me. :D

Pretty much how Boston fans felt after they traded away Babe Ruth.

Lots of talk of Tribisky being on a short leash. It will be interesting if he makes it through the year as the starter.

[DJ's left nut]

I think it's a newfound appreciation for just how friggen hard it is to get one of these things.

Think of how many times the Chiefs were one play made/not made away from losing that game. There are probably 5 different plays that HAD to be made or the Chiefs lose. And a couple more that the 49ers just missed on that could've done it. And some that just get lost in the wash like when Nnadi fights a block off to hold Mostert to 5 on the drive where Jones batted the pass down. If Nnadi can't get back up and minimize damage there, the entire drive changes if Mostert pops for 13. And none of that's even getting into the STs tackle made by a guy many would have cut that changed everything against Texas. Or the dead-leg from Mahomes to get to the edge against TN and take their soul.

And all of that was a culmination of a hundred different things that were done that simply don't happen that often. It took a FA signing that worked out better than virtually ANY big money FA signings work out. It took Kelce signing an extension a year earlier than he needed to instead of chasing every dime he could. It took Pennel off the scrap heap and Matt Moore playing his ass off after coaching high school ball. It took a GM that said 'fuck value, I'm pushing my chips in...' on the Frank Clark deal. It took a wild come back against Detroit and Breeland Speaks knocking a ball down in the end zone in Foxborough. It took a loss in TN that gave us Suggs on waivers and another vs Indianapolis that created an angry Landlord who took his teammates to task. It took Fitzmagic.

And of course beyond all that it took Patrick Mahomes playing on a contract that pays him 10% of his true value and Jones playing on a 2nd rounders deal. It took a couple of big-time coaching coups to get Daly and House in here when they were among the most sought after assistants in the league (huge credit to Reid for hiring Spags when that wasn't a slam-dunk choice and huge credit to Spags for closing the deal on those assistants).

So many damn things had to happen for this and in real-time you lose track of a lot of them. Even now I'm probably missing a half dozen more critical decisions that vanish to history shortly after they're made. But when you spend 2 weeks devouring all things Chiefs-related, you essentially do one of those old-school 'cram before a test' sessions on the last 12 months of Chiefs football (let alone everything that's happened in the Reid era) and it comes into sharp focus what a monumentally difficult task this was and how impressive everyone involved had to be.

You see other teams win and think to yourself "Man, if we just had Tom Brady we'd be golden..." and sure, that helps a LOT. Of course they don't do this without Mahomes. But it took a ton more than just having Patrick Mahomes on this squad. The afterglow, and being part of it, gives you the perspective to really appreciate everything that went into making it happen.

That's been the most unexpected part of all this for me. Finally knowing what the finish line looks like and using that perspective to analyze everything that had to happen to get there has given me a far greater appreciation of why so many teams go so long without winning one of these - many of them truly excellent teams being led by smart men making sound decisions. This shit's hard. I just don't think you can fully realize that until you finally see it accomplished.

[Halfcan]

I remember the talk on TV/podcasts that Mahomes couldn't win the "big" games because he lost at NE/Rams/in the AFCCG. Some are just "hot takes" BS but some really believe that crap.

You still hear them say..... welll in the SB he wasn't very good in the first 3 quarters.....he sucked for a good portion of all the playoff games. 3 straight games of comebacks to win it all because of him and still doesn't get universal respect.

This! Mahomes is held to a different standard. After falling short in overtime- it was- "Mahomes can't beat Brady". Then he does. Then it is, "He has never won an SB"- mission accomplished.

Now its- "Well, he got lucky at the end". :rolleyes:

Even when he threw for 5,000 yards and 50 TD's- lots of critics wanted to give the MVP to Brees.

[duncan_idaho]

Watched the hour-long mic'd up again yesterday. The part with Dirty Dan and his little daughter in the confetti gets me every time. Tears of joy.


Oh, that’s the one that gets me, too. Something about her tackling him is just perfect and touching.

I remember the talk on TV/podcasts that Mahomes couldn't win the "big" games because he lost at NE/Rams/in the AFCCG. Some are just "hot takes" BS but some really believe that crap.

You still hear them say..... welll in the SB he wasn't very good in the first 3 quarters.....he sucked for a good portion of all the playoff games. 3 straight games of comebacks to win it all because of him and still doesn't get universal respect.


Some of it is they need SOMETHING to say. The truth - he’s the best now and is going to best the best for the next decade - isn’t super exciting to talk about.

That whole “didn’t play well in first 3 quarters thing” is also a garbage, lazy take. He played well in the first half - 4 possessions, drove them on 3, scored on 2, 4th blown up by a great defensive play on 2nd down.

[TripleThreat]

we are going to have to beat off bandwagon fans with a stick

https://media1.giphy.com/media/26uf0mvEHUDDgocfe/giphy.gif

[Rasputin]

Pretty much how Boston fans felt after they traded away Babe Ruth.

Lots of talk of Tribisky being on a short leash. It will be interesting if he makes it through the year as the starter.

I think it would be funny that if they dump Tribisky that he finds great success with another team like Vikings and beat the Bears twice a year.

[Halfcan]

I think it would be funny that if they dump Tribisky that he finds great success with another team like Vikings and beat the Bears twice a year.

ROFL

Chiefs pick him up as a backup, develope him and flip him for a first rounder.

[SAGA45]

The reluctant silence from previously loudmouth, sh*t-talking coworkers. I live in Los Angeles so plenty of AFC West rival fans and 49ers fans at two workplaces, including a warehouse environment. So the utter quiet has been phenomenal.

[Frazod]

I think it would be funny that if they dump Tribisky that he finds great success with another team like Vikings and beat the Bears twice a year.

I think he'd probably do better on another team. That second overall pick pressure would be gone.

Poor bastard never should have been picked that high. By all accounts he's a good kid; he just simply doesn't have the skills to match Pace's stupidity.

[DaFace]

I think it's a newfound appreciation for just how friggen hard it is to get one of these things.

Think of how many times the Chiefs were one play made/not made away from losing that game. There are probably 5 different plays that HAD to be made or the Chiefs lose. And a couple more that the 49ers just missed on that could've done it. And some that just get lost in the wash like when Nnadi fights a block off to hold Mostert to 5 on the drive where Jones batted the pass down. If Nnadi can't get back up and minimize damage there, the entire drive changes if Mostert pops for 13. And none of that's even getting into the STs tackle made by a guy many would have cut that changed everything against Texas. Or the dead-leg from Mahomes to get to the edge against TN and take their soul.

And all of that was a culmination of a hundred different things that were done that simply don't happen that often. It took a FA signing that worked out better than virtually ANY big money FA signings work out. It took Kelce signing an extension a year earlier than he needed to instead of chasing every dime he could. It took Pennel off the scrap heap and Matt Moore playing his ass off after coaching high school ball. It took a GM that said 'fuck value, I'm pushing my chips in...' on the Frank Clark deal. It took a wild come back against Detroit and Breeland Speaks knocking a ball down in the end zone in Foxborough. It took a loss in TN that gave us Suggs on waivers and another vs Indianapolis that created an angry Landlord who took his teammates to task. It took Fitzmagic.

And of course beyond all that it took Patrick Mahomes playing on a contract that pays him 10% of his true value and Jones playing on a 2nd rounders deal. It took a couple of big-time coaching coups to get Daly and House in here when they were among the most sought after assistants in the league (huge credit to Reid for hiring Spags when that wasn't a slam-dunk choice and huge credit to Spags for closing the deal on those assistants).

So many damn things had to happen for this and in real-time you lose track of a lot of them. Even now I'm probably missing a half dozen more critical decisions that vanish to history shortly after they're made. But when you spend 2 weeks devouring all things Chiefs-related, you essentially do one of those old-school 'cram before a test' sessions on the last 12 months of Chiefs football (let alone everything that's happened in the Reid era) and it comes into sharp focus what a monumentally difficult task this was and how impressive everyone involved had to be.

You see other teams win and think to yourself "Man, if we just had Tom Brady we'd be golden..." and sure, that helps a LOT. Of course they don't do this without Mahomes. But it took a ton more than just having Patrick Mahomes on this squad. The afterglow, and being part of it, gives you the perspective to really appreciate everything that went into making it happen.

That's been the most unexpected part of all this for me. Finally knowing what the finish line looks like and using that perspective to analyze everything that had to happen to get there has given me a far greater appreciation of why so many teams go so long without winning one of these - many of them truly excellent teams being led by smart men making sound decisions. This shit's hard. I just don't think you can fully realize that until you finally see it accomplished.

On average, each team has about a 3% chance of winning the Super Bowl each year. The better teams might bump their odds up to more like 10-15%, and the great teams might bump it up to more like 20%, but that's really about as good as it gets. It ALWAYS requires a lot of things going your way. That's part of why the Patriots have been so astounding in the past 20 years.

My hope is that this win will at least allow Chiefs fans to enjoy the game for what it is and turn loose of some of the angst we've carried for most of our lifetimes. I really hope that we get back here a dozen times in Mahomes career, but as long as we're always in contention and Mahomes continues to do things that amaze us, I'll be satisfied.

[TripleThreat]

On average, each team has about a 3% chance of winning the Super Bowl each year. The better teams might bump their odds up to more like 10-15%, and the great teams might bump it up to more like 20%, but that's really about as good as it gets. It ALWAYS requires a lot of things going your way. That's part of why the Patriots have been so astounding in the past 20 years.

My hope is that this win will at least allow Chiefs fans to enjoy the game for what it is and turn loose of some of the angst we've carried for most of our lifetimes. I really hope that we get back here a dozen times in Mahomes career, but as long as we're always in contention and Mahomes continues to do things that amaze us, I'll be satisfied.

Exactly, obviously the destination is the Super Bowl, but the journey really is the most important part to enjoying football because the journey is years of memories with the destination being a brief experience and then once again, your back on the journey with that experience as a distant memory.

[eDave]

I think it's a newfound appreciation for just how friggen hard it is to get one of these things.

Think of how many times the Chiefs were one play made/not made away from losing that game. There are probably 5 different plays that HAD to be made or the Chiefs lose. And a couple more that the 49ers just missed on that could've done it. And some that just get lost in the wash like when Nnadi fights a block off to hold Mostert to 5 on the drive where Jones batted the pass down. If Nnadi can't get back up and minimize damage there, the entire drive changes if Mostert pops for 13. And none of that's even getting into the STs tackle made by a guy many would have cut that changed everything against Texas. Or the dead-leg from Mahomes to get to the edge against TN and take their soul.

And all of that was a culmination of a hundred different things that were done that simply don't happen that often. It took a FA signing that worked out better than virtually ANY big money FA signings work out. It took Kelce signing an extension a year earlier than he needed to instead of chasing every dime he could. It took Pennel off the scrap heap and Matt Moore playing his ass off after coaching high school ball. It took a GM that said '**** value, I'm pushing my chips in...' on the Frank Clark deal. It took a wild come back against Detroit and Breeland Speaks knocking a ball down in the end zone in Foxborough. It took a loss in TN that gave us Suggs on waivers and another vs Indianapolis that created an angry Landlord who took his teammates to task. It took Fitzmagic.

And of course beyond all that it took Patrick Mahomes playing on a contract that pays him 10% of his true value and Jones playing on a 2nd rounders deal. It took a couple of big-time coaching coups to get Daly and House in here when they were among the most sought after assistants in the league (huge credit to Reid for hiring Spags when that wasn't a slam-dunk choice and huge credit to Spags for closing the deal on those assistants).

So many damn things had to happen for this and in real-time you lose track of a lot of them. Even now I'm probably missing a half dozen more critical decisions that vanish to history shortly after they're made. But when you spend 2 weeks devouring all things Chiefs-related, you essentially do one of those old-school 'cram before a test' sessions on the last 12 months of Chiefs football (let alone everything that's happened in the Reid era) and it comes into sharp focus what a monumentally difficult task this was and how impressive everyone involved had to be.

You see other teams win and think to yourself "Man, if we just had Tom Brady we'd be golden..." and sure, that helps a LOT. Of course they don't do this without Mahomes. But it took a ton more than just having Patrick Mahomes on this squad. The afterglow, and being part of it, gives you the perspective to really appreciate everything that went into making it happen.

That's been the most unexpected part of all this for me. Finally knowing what the finish line looks like and using that perspective to analyze everything that had to happen to get there has given me a far greater appreciation of why so many teams go so long without winning one of these - many of them truly excellent teams being led by smart men making sound decisions. This shit's hard. I just don't think you can fully realize that until you finally see it accomplished.

Reminded me of a few of those playoff and World Series games on the way to winning it all.

Then it was all over. Not so for the Chiefs.

Always love your posts.

[jerryaldini]

On average, each team has about a 3% chance of winning the Super Bowl each year. The better teams might bump their odds up to more like 10-15%, and the great teams might bump it up to more like 20%, but that's really about as good as it gets. It ALWAYS requires a lot of things going your way. That's part of why the Patriots have been so astounding in the past 20 years.

My hope is that this win will at least allow Chiefs fans to enjoy the game for what it is and turn loose of some of the angst we've carried for most of our lifetimes. I really hope that we get back here a dozen times in Mahomes career, but as long as we're always in contention and Mahomes continues to do things that amaze us, I'll be satisfied.

Agree, there are about a dozen teams I would give essentially zero chance of winning it next year, including the donkeys. I'd give the Chiefs about a 40 percent chance to get there again, and 20 percent to win again. I believe that's about consistent with Vegas odds. Because Mahomes. The donkeys have outstanding odds to sink to last place while celebrating a single win during Drewcember.

[Rasputin]

I like coming to work and pointing to my hat to remind the Raiders co-worker that the Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions never gets old.

[Dunerdr]

I went to the big supercross race in Dallas, I left my normal JGR/Suzuki shirt at home in favor of my LIV championship shirt. It felt great to strut around Jerry's world in it. I also saw several other people in Chiefs gear and high fived two of them.

[Baby Lee]

ROFL ROFL - Curb Your Enthusiasm this week. One of Larry's golfing buddies commits suicide because he can't take the letdowns of the Jets anymore, then Larry ruins a sure thing with the 'magical vagina' of the widow because he can't get the Jets failures out of his own mind. . . .

Thank Patrick we don't have NFL failure standing between us and magical vagina anymore!!

[Rain Man]

Last weekend I was lounging on my couch and I wanted a movie for background noise. I clicked through the options and found a free movie called "Gridiron Gang", starring Dwayne Johnson. It was about a juvenile detention facility that starts up a football team.

It was actually a pretty good movie. The plot was obvious and not a surprise, but the surprise to me was about the Chiefs.

At the end of the movie, the kids' team is driving to win the game, and the running back gets a good block and breaks free down the right sideline. While it was the opposite sideline, I immediately had a vivid flashback of Damien Williams bursting down the left sideline to seal the game. It was as if I was watching the Chiefs' Super Bowl win all over again as that kid scored the winning touchdown. And the beautiful thing is that I'll probably do that for the rest of my life when I watch a football movie.